Staff Profiles<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/06\/Marrone_C_landing_page.jpg” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Carmella T.M. Marrone interacts with a group of people.” title_text=”Carmella T.M. Marrone” sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center” border_color_all=”#000000″ border_width_all=”1px”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.10″ text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Women and Work is a 15-week program that teaches participants\u2014many of whom are survivors of domestic violence\u2014life and work skills that improve their lives. Carmella Marrone founded this innovative program at Queens College in 1998 after herself surviving cancer and then undertaking a sort of spiritual journey.<\/p>\n
Marrone started her career in corporate public relations and sales, enjoying a wealthy lifestyle that included sports cars and travel in corporate jets. But in 1990 her world fell apart when she was diagnosed with cancer that had metastasized.\u00a0 She underwent several operations, and then a divorce.<\/p>\n
Weak and weighing just 93 lbs, Marrone withdrew to a cabin in Georgia\u2019s Blue Ridge Mountains, five miles from the nearest road, to recuperate. She lived there for a year with a caramel-colored mutt as her only companion. As she convalesced she reflected on her life, writing later that she came to see her illness as a blessing in disguise: \u201cIt had given me a chance to realize what was truly important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marrone resolved to devote herself to helping women who needed another chance in life. She enrolled at Queens and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Women\u2019s Studies and Sociology and a master\u2019s degree in Applied Social Research before going on to establish the Women and Work Program.<\/p>\n
Classes for Women and Work are held at the former CUNY Graduate Center at 25 W 43 St. in Manhattan. So far, more than 900 women have graduated. Many are immigrants; most were living in poverty. Marrone proudly reports that 91 percent of those who start the program finish it, and 85 percent are still working after three years, typically in much better jobs than before. Women and Work helps to build stronger families and communities by investing in one woman at a time.<\/p>\n
Marrone, who lectures on domestic violence, is also teaching a class this semester at QC entitled \u201cDomestic Violence: An American Epidemic.\u201d Additionally, she is launching a project in which QC students will be trained to speak about domestic violence at community centers, schools, and places of worship. A community activist who advocates for social justice for women, Marrone last year received the Crystal Award, a prize honoring 25 of New York City\u2019s most influential women leaders.<\/p>\n
Marrone\u2019s canine companion from her Georgia cabin is no longer around. An avid backpacker, she is accompanied these days by Jett, a six-year-old Doberman-Rottweiler mix she rescued from an abusive home.<\/p>\n
Favorite Book:<\/strong> The Prophet<\/em> by Kahlil Gibran<\/p>\nFavorite music:<\/strong> folk, bluegrass, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), Chopin<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Name: Carmella T.M. Marrone Title: Executive Director Department: Women and Work Program Degree(s): Doctoral Candidate in Sociology CUNY; BA, MA Queens College Contact Information: Phone: (212) 642-2071 Email: Carmella.marrone@qc.cuny.edu “QC welcomed me even though I wasn\u2019t a traditional student. When I look at QC, I see a place where you can live your dreams.”- Carmella […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[137],"class_list":["post-1036","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}